JONES, John William
| Service Number: | 387 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 August 1934, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 2A-7-21 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 387, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 387, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 18 Oct 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 387, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 54, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Afric arriving Brisbane 11 Oct 1901, discharged 18 Oct 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John William Jones enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Charlotte Jones, Eton Estate, Nundah. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 54, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. C. Jones, Eton Estate, Nundah.
John William Jones was born about 1877 in England, a son and 1 of 7 children to John Owen Sutton Jones and Charlotte Jones (nee Walker). His parents emigrated to Queensland with their then children in the early 1880s settling in Brisbane. His mother Charlotte was still living at Eton Estate when she passed in 1910.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 54).
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